Soil networks become more connected and take up more carbon as nature restoration progresses

Elly Morriën; S. Emilia Hannula; L. Basten Snoek; Nico R. Helmsing; Hans Zweers; Mattias de Hollander; Raquel Luján Soto; Marie-Lara Bouffaud; Marc Buée; Wim Dimmers; Henk Duyts; Stefan Geisen; Mariangela Girlanda; Rob I. Griffiths; Helene-Bracht Jørgensen; John Jensen; Pierre Plassart; Dirk Redecker; Rűdiger M Schmelz; Olaf Schmidt; Bruce C. Thomson; Emilie Tisserant; Stephane Uroz; Anne Winding; Mark J. Bailey; Michael Bonkowski; Jack H. Faber; Francis Martin; Philippe Lemanceau; Wietse de Boer; Johannes A. van Veen; Wim H. van der Putten

doi:10.1038/ncomms14349

Soil networks become more connected and take up more carbon as nature restoration progresses

Elly Morriën, S. Emilia Hannula, L. Basten Snoek, Nico R. Helmsing, Hans Zweers, Mattias de Hollander, Raquel Luján Soto, Marie-Lara Bouffaud, Marc Buée, Wim Dimmers, Henk Duyts, Stefan Geisen, Mariangela Girlanda, Rob I. Griffiths, Helene-Bracht Jørgensen, John Jensen, Pierre Plassart, Dirk Redecker, Rűdiger M Schmelz, Olaf SchmidtBruce C. Thomson, Emilie Tisserant, Stephane Uroz, Anne Winding, Mark J. Bailey, Michael Bonkowski, Jack H. Faber, Francis Martin, Philippe Lemanceau, Wietse de Boer, Johannes A. van Veen, Wim H. van der Putten

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford

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Soil organisms have an important role in aboveground community dynamics and ecosystem functioning in terrestrial ecosystems. However, most studies have considered soil biota as a black box or focussed on specific groups, whereas little is known about entire soil networks. Here we show that during the course of nature restoration on abandoned arable land a compositional shift in soil biota, preceded by tightening of the belowground networks, corresponds with enhanced efficiency of carbon uptake. In mid- and long-term abandoned field soil, carbon uptake by fungi increases without an increase in fungal biomass or shift in bacterial-to-fungal ratio. The implication of our findings is that during nature restoration the efficiency of nutrient cycling and carbon uptake can increase by a shift in fungal composition and/or fungal activity. Therefore, we propose that relationships between soil food web structure and carbon cycling in soils need to be reconsidered.

Original language	English
Article number	14349
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14349
Publication status	Published - 8 Feb 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Morriën, E., Hannula, S. E., Snoek, L. B., Helmsing, N. R., Zweers, H., de Hollander, M., Soto, R. L., Bouffaud, M.-L., Buée, M., Dimmers, W., Duyts, H., Geisen, S., Girlanda, M., Griffiths, R. I., Jørgensen, H.-B., Jensen, J., Plassart, P., Redecker, D., Schmelz, R. M., ... van der Putten, W. H. (2017). Soil networks become more connected and take up more carbon as nature restoration progresses. Nature Communications, 8(1), Article 14349. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14349

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Soil networks become more connected and take up more carbon as nature restoration progresses

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